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June 22, 2019
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New SRO visits Willsboro School
Officials hold AATV 2019 summer meeting
Kaycee Kolodzey will begin role as safety, outreach officer next fall
Cell service, legislative initiatives, Census 2020 discussed By Laura Achouatte STA FF W RITER
SARANAC LAKE | The Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages (AATV) convened at historic Hotel Saranac in Saranac Lake for their annual summer meeting recently. AATV, an alliance of Adirondack area elected officials, is a collective effort of 101 towns and villages to bring forth issues unique to the area to representatives and lawmakers in Washington, D.C. Current President and Horicon Town Supervisor Matt Simpson was hopeful and determined about AATV’s work and future ventures of the organization and the recent strides gained at the Capitol.
From left, Willsboro School Superintendent Justin Gardner, Essex County Sheriff ’s Deputy Kaycee Kolodzey and Essex County Sheriff Dave Reynolds discuss implementation and goals of the new school resource officer at Willsboro Central School. Kolodzey will take on the position starting in September.
EXPANDING CELL SERVICE AND TOWERS
Incoming School Resource Officer Kaycee Kolodzy was introduced to Laura Bridge’s sixth-grade class at Willsboro Central School last Friday. Photos by Kim Dedam
By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
In AATV’s 2019 Legislative Agenda, priority focus is on increasing the “broadband and cell tower deployment initiative” for rural and underserved areas in the North Country and a call for “revisions to the Adirondack Park Agency’s (APA) State Land Master Plan.” » AATV Cont. on pg. 3
WILLSBORO| Some of the students and staff at Willsboro Central School met their new school resource officer last Friday. Essex County Sheriff ’s Deputy Kaycee Kolodzey will spend her work week at the school and at school events as she builds rapport, support and safety structures for students and the school
community starting in September. Originally from Moriah, Kolodzey is also a trained emergency medical technician and is slated to complete school resource coursework this summer. “I love kids,” she said, all smiles as she visited classrooms with Essex County Sheriff Dave Reynolds and school Superintendent Justin Gardner. “I’m very passionate about what I do,” the deputy said. “Being an SRO will improve my job. And I’m really into sports, so I’m hoping to make connections with the kids through that as well.”
OUTREACH
Kolodzy won’t just sit in an office all day. She plans to have lunch with the kids and visit classes, outdoor activities and other events. Her introduction to Laura Bridge’s sixth-
graders appeared to go very well. The students were full of smiles and didn’t seem shy or uneasy with having an officer in the room. They seemed very pleased, in fact, to have their very own safety person. Asked what her title will be, “‘Deputy Kaycee’ is fine,” Kolodzey said. Kolodzey’s mentor, Sgt. Leon at the Sheriff ’s Department, was an SRO at Moriah when she was in school. And she sees the role as more about prevention, outreach and education than reaction to crises. Making connections and being involved are components of a job, she said, that looks to assist before something becomes a problem. The outreach component is something Reynolds built into the program as he approached schools last year. » SRO Cont. on pg. 5
Parking nixed on Route 73
Overrun parking lots, dangers, balance of nature cited Doug Meyer poses by the Mental Health Assoiciation sign, the organization he works for as director of services, recently. Meyer was recognized for his achievements in implementing home-based services for those struggling with mental health in surrounding local communities. Photo by Laura Achouatte
By Laura Achouatte STA FF W RITER
KEENE | This past Father’s Day weekend, the Department of Environmental Conservation began a no-parking policy on Route 73 stretching from Keene to Lake Placid, at highly popular and overrun trail heads to several locations. Those parking locations include but are not limited to several popular trails such as: Cascade Mountain trailhead, Giant Mountain trailhead and Chapel Pond. » Route 73 Cont. on pg. 8
Local honored by OMH for community service By Laura Achouatte STA FF W RITER
WESTPORT | With a half-smile and an air of humbleness about him, Doug Meyer accepted words of congratulations about his recent nomination and recognition from the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH).
COMMUNITY CARE AWARD
On May 31 — to coincide with Mental Health Awareness month — the Office of Mental Health chose Meyer for an inaugural OMH Community Care Award for his service to the community. The Community Care Awards are a new recognition program created this year to highlight those “partners and stakeholders in local communities across the state that are helping to identify and eliminate gaps in services, and are working to build strong community-based behavioral healthcare systems,” according to the New York State OMH website. » Meyer Cont. on pg. 5
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